Bastien,
Thanks for looking at my message. So, here's what I came up with by following the instructions on the Feedback page you suggested.
1. Emacs version: GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2009-07-29 on SOFT-MJASON2. Org version (it came with my Emacs install, I didn't do a separate installation of the mode):Org-mode version 6.21b
3. (Even though I'm writing to this email list, I was curious to try the command M-x org-submit-bug-report. That command is not defined in my Emacs.)4. Here are the org-related commands in my init file. I found out how to set up my agenda files there instead of relying on the command that I'm demonstrating now.
;; Org mode(require 'org)(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org$" . org-mode))(define-key global-map "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)(define-key global-map "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)(setq org-log-done t)(setq org-todo-keywords '("TODO" "WAITING" "DONE"))        (setq org-agenda-include-diary t)                           (setq org-agenda-include-all-todo t)                       (setq org-agenda-files (file-expand-wildcards "J:/MyDocuments/GTD/org/*.org"))
4. Creating a backtrace. The command C-u M-x org-reload RET does not exist on my Emacs.
5. I turned on the option to enter the debugger.6. I visited a new file called sample.org. I didn't put it in the directory specified for agenda files in my init file (listed above). I wanted to add it interactively for this demo.
7. I saved that file.8. I selected from the menu: Org --> File List for Agenda --> Add/Move Current File to Front of List9. Here is the output from the *Backtrace* buffer.
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (scan-error "Unbalanced parentheses" 17301 29246)  scan-sexps(83 29245)  forward-sexp(29245)  custom-save-delete(custom-set-variables)  custom-save-variables()  custom-save-all()  customize-save-variable(org-agenda-files ("j:/MyDocuments/GTD/sample.org" "j:/MyDocuments/GTD/org/GTDSteelWig.org" "j:/MyDocuments/GTD/org/SteelWigSomeday.org"))  org-store-new-agenda-file-list(("j:/MyDocuments/GTD/sample.org" "j:/MyDocuments/GTD/org/GTDSteelWig.org" "j:/MyDocuments/GTD/org/SteelWigSomeday.org"))  org-agenda-file-to-front(nil)  call-interactively(org-agenda-file-to-front nil nil)
I don't know Lisp, but I can count parentheses (or use Emacs to tell me what they match up with by backspacing over a right one and filling it back in again.) I don't see unbalanced parentheses in that output. I did try stepping through the code in the debugger once as an experiment. It went on and on and I finally held down the step key and let it do what seemed like hundreds of steps. It never errored out. I finally used whatever command it is that steps out. Guess what? That time, it added the file to the agenda file list.
I'm trying to be complete about what I did, although I'm just experimenting. Did any of that clarify anything?
Thanks for your help.
Jai
> From: bastienguerry@googlemail.com
> To: jaijeffcom@hotmail.com
> CC: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: [Orgmode] org-agenda-file-to-front (unbalanced parentheses))))
> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 16:16:28 +0800
> 
> Hi Jai,
> 
> I cannot reproduce this error.  Please send a more detailed backtrace by
> following the instructions here:
> 
>   http://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jai Jeffryes <jaijeffcom@hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> > I get a scan error when I try to add my current ORG file to the list of agenda
> > files.
> >  
> > I'm using Emacs 23.1.1 on Windows, so it has the Org mode built in.
> >  
> > I create a new .ORG file, add some text, and save it.
> >  
> > Then I type C-c [
> >  
> > and I get this error.
> >  
> > Scan error: "Unbalanced parentheses", 17495, 29440
> >  
> > Any ideas?
> >  
> > The same thing happens if I use the menu:
> >  
> > Org --> File list for agenda --> Add/Move current file to front of list
> >  
> > Or the full command: org-agenda-file-to-front
> >  
> > I tried running the debugger, but that part of Emacs I've never learned. I
> > haven't done my own Lisp programming. I'd provide some more info if someone
> > wanted to prompt me on the next thing to try!
> >  
> > Jai Jeffryes
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